You will have to forgive the short reviews. I thought I had written this show up ages ago, but obviously I didn’t.
Princess One Point Five
I didn’t really find Princess One Point Five all that captivating. There were some major sound issues with feedback and some really poor mixing. Only a couple of there songs grabbed me, but mostly I found the music a bit repetitive.
Performance 6
Technical 6
Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea
Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea have a decent sized fan base, however I don’t think too many were present. There seemed to be a large number of people who were just there to Josh Pyke and that’s fine, but if you aren’t going to shut up and show a bit of respect to the support acts don’t come until the act you want to see starts. Anyway, Jen had a couple of words about the situation in as a polite way a possible, trying to get the crowd into a song which was a bit of a quieter/softer track. The sound mixing improved slightly with only one bit of major feedback. I was a little distracted by all the “jocks” talking. But from what I heard Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea were captivating and did their best to cope with the incompetent sound crew that works The Zoo.
Performance 7.5
Technical 6.5
Josh Pyke
I think due to the success of Josh Pyke this year and the mainstream radio stations (i.e. Nova) getting a hold of his hit single “Middle Of The Hill”, there was an overwhelming amount of “jocks” present at this concert. And yes I am a snob, and proud to admit it. These people have no respect for the art of music making they have no real passion for it, they probably only came to The Zoo that night because some mainstream radio (i.e. Nova) ran a promo, and told them to come, They are so mindless, they didn’t even really react to too many tracks other than “Middle Of The Hill”. And the talking continued even during Josh Pyke’s set, I mean you have paid good money to this concert and no you are wasting that money because you are talking.
Right now I have got that out of the way. There were still plenty of Josh Pyke fans there ones that supported him pre-mainstream radio, and went to his troubadour shows. Josh personally thanked some of the fans that he recognised, from these earlier shows. The mixing and lighting was by far better, as Josh Pyke had his own sound and lighting crew. Josh Pyke is one guy who is on the way up quick. I really look forward to hearing more from Josh Pyke and his band in the near future with a second album.
Performance 8
Technical 8.5
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